# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix delegation bare custom-provider credential lookup

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #108951: \[Bug\]: delegation.provider with a bare custom-provider name silently resolves no credential pool — subagent runs on the parent's credential
- PR #108958: fix(delegation): resolve bare custom-provider names to their credential pool
- PR #108961: fix(delegation): keep named custom child credentials isolated

A bug caused bare custom-provider names in \`delegation.provider\` to silently skip credential-pool lookup, leaving subagents running on the parent's credentials instead. The fixes address resolution of bare names and isolation of named custom child credentials.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #108951: \[Bug\]: delegation.provider with a bare custom-provider name silently resolves no credential pool — subagent runs on the parent's credential

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108958: fix(delegation): resolve bare custom-provider names to their credential pool**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_delegate.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_config.py`
- **#108961: fix(delegation): keep named custom child credentials isolated**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#108958`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_delegate_custom_provider_pool.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_config.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`